Category: Homebrewing

All the major construction on my new brew sculpture is complete. It’s based on the MoreBeer 1550 except it’s equipped for 5 gallon batches with Blichmann Boilermaker kettles. Also, since I was going for a smaller size I skipped the complexity of the tippy dump mash tun. Here are a few pictures: My New Sculpture. …

There’s been a bit of a delay in getting things posted on my site as I’ve been busy brewing, studying for and taking the BJCP exam, and working. In the next few months you should see a flurry of updates here as I get back into putting information online. My focus right now is on …

After hearing about the flurry of people scrambling to get their hands on a $220 conical from Brew 4 Less through eBay, I couldn’t resist. I picked up first one and then recently another so I could do all my regular fermentations. The two will allow me to switch back and forth and brew about …

So when I’m done sparging I take a wort gravity measurement so I know what kind of efficiency I got and where I can expect to be at the end of the boil. If I come in low I need to either boil off more or add some Dried Malt Extract (DME.) If I come …